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St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-31
A NOTABLE COMMUNIST.

How q Wel1-known Frenchman Tried to
Live in New York.
Eugene Potter, the notable French Com
munist who recently died in Paris and whose
funeral was the occasion of red-hag dem
enstration at Pere-la- Chaise was for some
years resident of New York city, to which
he fed after the fall of the Commune
in 1871. His domicile was in the rear of the
second story ofa tenement in Upper Broad
way, near Forty-seventh street. He was the
author of several works on education, and
while here he established a kindergarten
school, which did not turn out to be success
full. He also tried to get living by his pen,
but he found it hard, and after some years
of pinched circumstances he returned to
Paris under the amnesty law. When in
New York he was gaunt and grizzled man,
verging upon sixty, but his wife was pretty
and piquant Parisienne, who, amid all hard
ships, kept his quarters full of sunshine.
He had been known in Paris as the 'sAnge
Pitou Of the Commune. .''-Erchangs.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-31
TAKING HIS TURN.
How a Great Animal Paint II Was Scolded
by His Father.

How a Great Animal Paint r Was Scolded
by His Father.
1t is an irreverent impulse of the youthful
soul to yield to wicked glee when an olde:
person is taken to task by some one who has
a right to scold him. An instance of this
nature comes from the English life school Of
the Royal Academy, which was devoted to
the study of the human figure from models.
Some ore of the Royal Academlcians always
sat with the pupils the prescribed two hours,
rarely drawing. Ottener reading.
One night, Sir Edwin Landseer was visitor,
and as he sat busily reading very old gen.
tleman in list and slippers, with an ear
trumpet under his arm, shuttled into the
school. This was John Landseer, the father
of Sir Edwin. His son, book in hand, rose
to meet him.
You are not drawing hen; why don't
you draw" said the old gentleman in loud
voice.
Don't feel inclined" shouted the son
down the trumpet.
Then you ought to feel inclined. That's
fine figure; get out your paper and draw"
Haven't got any paper" shouted the son.
What that book?' asked the father.
''Oliver Twistn' in voice loud enough to
have been heard across the square.
rs it about art ?''
mo: it's about Oliver Twist"
LET me look at it. Ha! it's some OF
Dickens nonsense. see You'd much better
draw than waste your time on such stuff as
that"
BY the time the conversation had con.
cluded, the son, to the delight of his pupils
was exceedingly hot and uncomfortable
ErchdaQe
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-31
CONTAMINATION OF AIR.
The Various Influences Which Affect the
Atmosphere in Large Cities.

In an age when the size and population of
our towns are increasing with great rapidity
under the stimulus of commercial and man
ufacturing enterprise, whatever tends to pro-
mote the wholesomeness of those great hives
of industry becomes matter not merely OF
comfort but of vital concern to those who
dwell in them. The anHmic stamp of coun-
tenance is due to a variety of unhealthy con-
ditions Not least among these is a scarcity
of oxygen in the surrounding air, and in the
presence of impurities due to respiration in
confined spaces, to coal burning on large
scale, to sewer gas and to the volatile or sus-
pended products of manufactures. This too
prevalent anamia is the mark of lowered
vitality and the very frequent fOrerunner OF
more decided illness. IT, therefore, its causes
can by any means be counteracted the use
of these is clearly advisable. Not little has
been done already by means of household
ventilation and systematic house drainage to
purify the air we breathe.
In another direction very little indeed has
been accomp plished, though measures of re-
form are not only most desirable, but are
likely in many cases to become, II carried
out, an actual source of income. We retel
to the refuse product emitted by manufac.
tories and worktields. Notwithstanding the
circulation of fresh air which is constantly
flowing over town and country, it must be
allowed that there is in many cases an excess
of noxious matter in the atmosphere above
what is compatible with healthy life. Coal
dust, iron filings, clay from potteries, car
bonic gases from bricktields, sulphuroaSs
gases and hydrochlorc acid from metal and
chemical works, besides ammoniacal vapOrs
nitrous and nitric acids, arsenic and other
metallic fumes, organic gaseous products of
decay, are still freely cast forth in the sur
!! rounding air. Their influence in the atmos-
phere is often plainly perceptible to the
senses, and, if not as plainly poisonous, has,
pairment of vitality to which we have re-
ferred The question relating to atmos-
pheric contamination from this source and
its treatment is large one and deserving OF
consideration alike by economists. santa
rians and the general lpubic.-London Lancet.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-31
ABSENT-MINDED.
Some Amusing Incidents of This Tempo
rary Loss of Memory.


rary Loss of Memory.
At the last session of the German Reich
stag, Herr Wichmann, it is said, was calling
the roll, and coming to his own name, called
it without getting any response.
He repeated the name again in a louder
tone. Still no answer, and he spoke it for
the third time at the top of his voice, upon
which the laughter Of the house brough
him to his senses, and he marked himself
present.
To match this, there is an anecdote in Mrs
Lesley's "Recollections of My Mother" con-
cerning an old Northampton stage driver.
He had phenomlnel memory, to which he
trusted implicitly, receiving and executing
all sorts of commissions daily without eve
making any memorandum.
Once his wife went to Boston with him,
and on the day when it had been agreed that
she should return, the man was troubled all
the way to Worcester with the feeling that
he had forgotten something.
He tried in vain to think what it could be,
till just as he was whipping up his horses to
leave that town. Then it suddenly came to
him, and he exclaimed, "Oh, it's my wife,
I've left my wife n'-EGchange.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-31
A COWBOYS Fun.

Tenderfoot (entering saloon at Wayback )--
II beg pardon, but will you be so kind Us
to let me have a-glass of-of water?
Ferocious Cowboy-See here, bartender
nobody drinks water in this ERE saloon
while I'm here, dye hear? You hand that
young feller glass of whiskey.
Tenderfoot (trenb nblingly)-Whiskey?
Cowboy-Yes, whiskey; there it is; it's
my treat; you drink that down slick an
clean er say y'r prayers, and be quick about
it.
Tenderfoot (after drinking and reaching
the door)-Thank you. Whiskey is whas
] wanted, but l knew if i asked for water
some of you cowboys would order whiskey
and pay for it Ia ta.-E1change.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-31


tripped him up and leaped upon him. The
poacher was of gigantic stature, and sue
ceeded in overpowering the guard. Selling
him firmly, the poacher put his knife to the
old guards throat.
"Swear to me-" said the poacher, "that
you will not inform against me, or you are
a dead man,
1If / am dead man. said the guard, 81
shall not inform against you. But if you do
not kill me, shall certainly bring you to
trial"
The poacher, taken aback by the mans
extraordinary GOODNESS, and ashamed of his
threat, let his knife drop to the ground and
took to flight.
informed against the poacher, who after
ward, however settled down to an honest
life, and told the story of the guards brave
response to his threat. The guard himself
had never related his own defiant speech.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-31
IN CONSTANTINOPLE.
CELEBRATING THE TIMES IN VA
RIOUS WAYS THERE.
So Many Different Nationalities That One
is Scarcely at Loss to Find Familiar
Way-Deep Hatred Between Certain Re-
ligions-Among the Oriental Races.


Christmas is celebrated in various manners
in Turkey, and by the Turks themselves not
at ALL though they are more tolerant of the
numerous different religions than the be-
levers of them are of each other. There is
in Constantinople large German colony,
and Christmas to them would not be Christ
mas without their tree, Santa Claus and their
gifts and merrymaking The English, of
whom there are some four or five thousand,
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-31

celebrate in t h Ell r
regular fashion, with
roast beef, plum pud-
din gs mistletoe,
games and reunions
of ia IN iii s an d
friends. The few
American residents
usually gather to-
gether and do the
best they can. With
all these nations
Christmas is more a
season of universal
gayety and convivial
pleasure, but with
such other nations
as make their abid-
ing places among the
Turks Christmas is
a solemn religious
ceremony. T h os e
whobelieve in the
divine nativity are
the Arm N i a II S
Catholics and all
who belong to the
Orth odoX Gree k
church. The Rus
sian, Greek and Bull
garian residents all
belong to tn a t
church. The Cath
olic Church numbers
the French and
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-31
How Public Institutions Are Run,

First Director Blind Asylum-My friend
Blinks is out of a job an I'd like to do some
thing for him.
Second Director-What's his biz2
Hes sign painter. He's got left on 200
grocery store notices an wants to sell en-"
buy 'em for the blind asylum. What do
the mottoes say?'
'If you don't see what you want, ask for
it."--Erchange.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-31
He Retired Too Soon.

EYES," he said, 81 retired from business
pix months ago. had made an ample for
June in the hardware line, and thought I
&lad earned rest and
Il just then messenger boy opened the door
snd said: st. Paul off five points,
h "Great Scott r shouted the retired business
Enan, another $4,000 gone i''-Pstck.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-31
Too Tender.

Gilhooly had had onesmall helping of the
steak, and Mrs. Jones asked him why he did
not take second installment.
Il was waiting to have it rendered, man,"
said Gilhooly.
Mrs. Jones smiled sweetly, but her face
was crimson. As soon as the breakfast as
bas seen poring over the dictionary for the
different meanings Of the verb ''to tender"
-- Erchnage
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-31
A Dude Consumer.

1--WE have now,' says a contemporary. 'a
smoke consumer-and this world would look
pretty bright if some one would add dude
consumer" BE parie, t, the cigarette is fill
ing the bill rather effectively.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-31
Crockery and China.

An English footman overheard his grand
mistress describetne upper, middle and lower
classes as crockery, delft and china: A few
minutes later the grand lady ordered him to
master for visitor to see. ''Hello, Crockery,
bring down little Clancy" called out the
ironical footman, going to the foot of the
stairs.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-31

They simply act as a
sort of police for the
public woods. The for
est-guards of Fra n C e
are a remarkable body
of men. In order to
qualify themselves for
the service, they have
to spend two years in
study at the forestry
school at Nancy, and
their pay, after they
are sent to their posts
in the forests, is only
500 cs-S10-a
year. The foresters are
much better paid, and
have, besides, the priv
ilege Of cutting all the
wood they need for
fuel, and of cultivating
one hectare of land.
Each forest-guard has
a certain district which
he looks after, and it
is said that, so familiar
do they become with
the ground, and so ac-
curately do they know
the aspect of the trees,
that they at once miss
a limb that has been
cut away.
"This love of the
forest" said an old
guard, ''is a sort of
fever; it comes over
you little by little, but
itcomes fast, and when
it has once got you,
there is no getting over
it. 1t doesn't make any
difference a b out the
wages, or the hard life.
You have got to lead
it." An old guard was
attacked one day by a
poacher, who, setting
traps in the woods,
heard the guard COM
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-31
THE CHRIST-CHILD.
T. c. HARBAUGH.

T.C. HARBAUGH.
Once more the olden story
Is told in simple rhyme
How Christ, the Lord of glory,
Gave earth its Christmas time.
How in the humble manger
The sanity infant lay,
By angels kept from danger,
The first sweet Christmas day.
The bells of every nation
His praises loudly ring;
The anthems Of salvation
The choirs of Heaven sing.
The vine of love is twiniag
Around His diadcm;
Once more the star is shining
That shone Ger Bethlehem.
o, Judah, old and hoary,
The odors Of thy cline
Come to us with the story
Of earth's first Christmas time.
Once more the little stranger
Lies on the fragrant hay,
The Christ-child of the manger
Is born again to-day.
Lo! now His head reposes
Upon His mothers knee;
He walks among the roses
Of sacred Galilee.
He asks a Fathers pardon
For children gone astray;
He seeks the shaded garden
In agony to pray.
Beside the sea Tiberias
He cleanseth the unclean;
The Pharisee, imperious.
SCOTS at the Nazarene.
A crown of thorns He weareth,
In bitterness and grief;
For us His cross He beareth,
And dies beside the thief.
Hail! Hail! the sainted stranger
The Christ of Nazareth;
He left the lowly manger
To break the bonds of death.
He rises in His glory,
The bells of Heaven chime,
And sanctify the story
Of earth's first Christmas time.
Ring out O bells of Heaven!
Ring! Ring! o bells of earth!
Repeat at morn and even
The precious Saviour's birth.
Lo! North and South rejoicing
Proclaim the Saviour mild,
And East and West are voiclng
Evangels to the Child.
o, Christmas calm and holy.
In country, mart and town!
We Danish melancholy
At sight of cross and crown.
We sing to One in glory,
Born in a distant cline;
And earth repeats the story
Of first Christmas time.
Copyrighted.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-31
FOREST-GUARDS

Some PeCuIiaritieS OF the Men VINO W. atCh
Trees in the Woods.
Theforest-guards, both of France and Ger
many, are sort of halfmilitary public
servants, of description unknown in this
country, where the public forests have no
system of protection. The European forest
guards are mostly old soldiers, who are likely
to be recalled to military service in case of
war. They do not take care of the trees; that
work is performed by the foresters, who be-
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-31
THE JUMPING-JACK,
HOW HE REVENGED HIMSELF ON
LITTLE BERTHA.

The Mischief That Santa Claus Boy
Ignorantly INSTRUMENTATION Between
the Old Clock. the Blue Mouse and the
Wicked Jack-Retribution to the Latter.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-31

Chris t m a S
Eve the old
clock stood in
the corn e r
a n d s a n 6
. tick t o ok,
= tick-t tock"
- until every
thing else in
room had gone
ept the jumping
Tick-tock " said
Little Falls transcript., 1887-03-18
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Death Of Captain Eads.

Tho death Of Captain J. B. Eads, at
Nassau, New Providence, is announced.
Capt. Eads, one OF the most prominent On.
yineers Of modern times, was born at
Lawrenceburg, Ind, May 23, 1920 He
made engineering his life study from the
time when. at the age OF nineteen and
while serving as clerk ON Mississippi
steamer he first became interested in this
branch OF knowledge. His first PROPOSE
tlon to remove the snags from tho Missis.
lppi and it's tributaries was made TO con-
.ress in 1856. but was not accepted. By
invitation OF President Lincoln he design.
I'd powerful feet OF gunboats for these
tiYersi 1861-the first iron clads built
by the United States. He first applied
steam to the manipulation Of heavy artil.
ery. and later designed the famous steel
arch bridge at St. Louis. His greatest
work was the constitution Of the jetties at
The mouth OF the Mississippi. undertaken
against the advice OF the ablest American
engineers, but proving entirely successful.
For the work Capt. Eads received very
large sums from the government. OF late
years his scheme to transport ships across
The Tehauntepec isthmus on a mammoth
ship railway has attracted wide attention.
a strong company is now in existence and
has been asking the sanction of congress
Tor the project A bill in furtherance OF
this enterprise was discussed during the
closing days OF the recent session of con-
sress, but did not pass.
Little Falls transcript., 1887-03-18

"At oncel' cried Won Stein, per-.
haps q little startled. Yet what lover
ever found the time between betrothal
and marriage to short! II am
ready, he said, gallantly, "and inn.
patient" :
The lady smiled, moved softly away
to an old worm. eaten chest which was
set against the wall, took from it two
rings and white veil and crown of
myrtle, which she laid upon her dark
flowing hair. Her dress was white.
''Come," she said to her lover, and
led the way. .:.-
A little bewildered, after the fashion
OF bride-grooms in general. and scarce
ly knowing whether to be happy or
alarmed, the young man followed his
bride through, as it seemed to him,
miles ofdimly lighted vaulted passages
until at length they reached q vaulted
cham Der, which they hadno sooner en-
tered than great iron door shut heavi-
ly behind them, with sound that echo
ed through every arch of the dimly
lighted building. It was the chapel.
"Your hand is cold, my love-" said
the young man tenderly to his bride.
"No matter; yours has warmth and
life enough for both; replied the lady.
Yet the lie seemed actually to ebb
from the young mans heart as he OBJ
served the stone figure OF 81 bishop,
which was sculptured in a gravestone
in the centre OF the chapel, gradually
rise from its recumbent position and
walk up the steps Of the alter. The
eyes OF the bishop famed like glow
worms, the candles upon the alter
lighted of themselves, and the tones
OF an organ rolled solemnly through
the vaulted building.
kurt Won Stein, wilt thou take the
lady OF Windeck for thy lawful wife?"
said the bishop, in low, sepuchral
tones, which sounded as though not
he, but some muff1ed voice q dozen
yards away, was speaking.
At this moment the whole horror of
the scene seemed to break upon the
young man. Around HIM, slowly ris-
ing from their graves, he saw the
shrouded forms and fleshless faces of
the dead, who came to witness the
ghostly marriage. Even the face OF
his bride, as his fascinated eyes fixed
upon it, wore the livid hue OF death.
He turned in an agony to fly from the
horrible scene, tried to snatch his
hand from the cold, hard grip OF the
phantom lady, fell, as he believed, sense
less upon the chapel foor-and awoke
to find himself, at dawn of day, lying
at full length on the moss-grown stone
where he had sat at rest the night be-
fore, at the castle door, and his horse
intent on an early meal on the rank
herbage OF the grass-grown court.
When he told his tale in the village
and at the neighboring castles, no one
in the least doubted that he had
almost, if not quite, laid the unquiet
spirit Of the lady OF Windeck.
Little Falls transcript., 1887-03-18

The imports into this country dur,
ing the month OF January last past
amounted to $51, 1,o56,252 in mer,
chandise and 81, 5s7, ,4s1 in specie, or
total Of $50, ,543, 73a. Theexporta
from the United States tc foreign ports
for the same month were $71, $780,,
S56 in produce and merchan disc and
50, 53o,517 in specie, amounting in
all to $74.O74,873. This gives this
country for that month g. balance oi
trade in it's favor of over seventeen
and q hall millions. This, notwith.
standing the strikes at New York
which delayed the loading of so many
vessels.
Little Falls transcript., 1887-03-18
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Two New Minnesota Judges.

Gov. McGill has appointed c. L.. Brown
OF Morris judge OF the new Sixteenth Judi.
cial distric and c. w. Sleeper OF Brainerd
judge OF the Fifteenth judicial district.
The Sixteenth district consists of the coun-
ties Of Stevens, Grant Wilkin Big Stone and
Traverse, and istaken from the Twelfth,
over which judge Brown Gather OF the new
Judge) now presides. Judge Sleeper's
district is made up of the counties OF Wa.
Crow Wing, with Brainerd as the central
focus. The district was originally the Elev-
enth, which is now made into three dis
tricts.
C. L. Brown is resident of Morris,
Stevens county, and a. member OF the law
firm OF Brown & Cherd. He has been en-.
gagged in the active practice OF his profes-
sion Tor the past eleven years, and is rec
ognized by the bar OF the state as one OF
the ablest lawyers in western Minnesota. He
inherits a judicial mind; his father, John H.
Brown, judge of the Twelfth district, and his
uncle, the late L. NJ. Brown, formerly Judge
OF the Eighth district, both being regarded
as profound in the jurisprudence OF the
law. Mr.. Brown is but thirty years of
age, and is the youngest judge in the state.
1t is the only instance in this state that is
known OF where father and son have
presided at the same time.
N. Y, in 1888. He was educated in Au-
rora academy, studied law in Buffalo and
was admitted to the bar in New York city
in 1860. He raised company and per-
formed gallant service during the war un-
der Gen. Slocum. He resided in Mime.
apolis two years, and removed to Brain
erd in 1871. He has been county auditor,
court clerk, state attorney, and was last
year prosecuting attorney OF Crow Wing
county. He is considered very able ju-
rist, and to be possessed oi sound Legal
ability.
Little Falls transcript., 1887-03-18

The American legation at London
has recently issued g. circular, contain.
ing all informal proclamation, by
which American women in England
are put on the footing of the most ia,
vored nation. It is evident that her
majesty the Queen has no intention
OF allowing the squabbles of fishmon,
gers to impair her courtesy. "It has
been most kindly intimated, in behalf
OF her majesty, that all American la.
dies OF respectable character, who, il
British subjects, would be received at
court, may be presented through the
United States legation" 81
Little Falls transcript., 1887-03-18

The South is making progress in
feeding itself, as we'll as clothing the
world. In 1886 the Southern States
produced over % per cent. OF the en-.
tire corn crop of the United States,
raising 4ee, ,s7l, 900, to 1,1es, ,57o,.
900 bushels grown in the North and
West. In 1880 the proportion OF the
South OF the immense crop Of that
year was 20 per cent. In, the same
period the Southern oat crop in,
creased from 40, ,573, 900 to 80, $50.
600 bushels, the percentage to shs
whole crop Of the country being ! 1
per cent. in 1885, against 9 per cent.
in 1880. In other food crops the in.
crease is relatively as great, keeping
pace with the great extension Of cot.
ton culture.
Little Falls transcript., 1887-03-18

Labouchere, the editor, Of London
Truth and q NJ. =, il. writing OF the
earthquake scenes in Italy says that
the Prince Of Wales was the only one
in the excited country cool enough to
keep his bed. He continues: The
theory Of earthquakes now Is that oc.
casionally the weight Of the water ol
the sea breaks the crust that sur.
rounds our globe, and in rushes thu
water. which is converted into steam
and produces throbs in its effort I'd
force its way out. 4 suppose that
hencef forward earthquake night gowns
viii form part Of the wardrobe of Il
dies visiting the Riviera, 50 that they
have % rush iron, their beds into TIL
street they viii 20 clo he'd is arlnenh
most suitabls to sst od their beauty q,
Little Falls transcript., 1887-03-18

The fisheries retaliation bill, which
has now become law, simply empow-
brs the President to close American
ports against Canadian fish. 1t is ex-
pected that this measure will bring
the Canadians to q just view of the
situation. If it does not, another
Congress may enact something more
gtriNgent.
Little Falls transcript., 1887-03-18

The most remarkable divorce case
Of the year is reported from Chi
cago. When the case was called the
Judge looked down and asked if the
parties had tried the experiment OF
living together again. The lawyer for
the lady replied that they had not.
"Supposs they try it," suggested the
Judge. "A softened expression came
over the faces Of the parties to the
suit, and they lett the court room a
reunited pair.
Little Falls transcript., 1887-03-18

The Massachusetts, house OF repre-
sentatives defeated the proposition to
amend the constitution by abolish
Ing the payment OF a poll tax as a
prerequisite for voting. 1t passed
last year, but an amendment has to
pass two legislatures before submis-
sion, and the required two-thirds
could not be obtained this year.